Month: February 2024

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The Daily Signal - Why China Wants You to Drive an EV

China’s economy is struggling: Many young people can't find jobs, the nation’s real estate market is in trouble after two major property development companies failed, and China's stock market has seen a $7 trillion decline in just a few years. But Beijing has a plan to do something about it.


When the “green energy” movement began, China recognized an opportunity, Erin Walsh explains. Beijing saw an “opening because they don't have oil, so they had to come up with something else,” said Walsh, senior research fellow for international affairs in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. “Because, how do you electrify and grow, and become No. 1 in the world, which is their goal; how do you do that if you don't have energy,” she asked. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) 


China has “hijacked the agenda” of the green movement, because the Asian giant is on the forefront of developing electric vehicles, batteries and solar energy, according to Walsh. 


Walsh joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain the factors that have led to China’s economic challenges and how Beijing is seeking to overcome its economic woes by further dominating the energy market. 


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Tech Won't Save Us - How Foreverism Degrades Our Culture w/ Grafton Tanner

Paris Marx is joined by Grafton Tanner to discuss the dangers and consequences of companies and politicians leveraging nostalgia for their own purposes. 

Grafton Tanner is the author of Foreverism. He also teaches at the University of Georgia.

Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.

The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.

Also mentioned in this episode: 

  • Paris wrote about the material footprint of data centers in Disconnect.
  • Ian McKellen broke down on the set of The Hobbit after acting with no other actors on a green screen.
  • In an interview with Charlie Rose, George Lucas described differences between Soviet and US film industries.
  • Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told Vanity Fair it wasn’t as fun making Star Wars films today as it was making the original trilogy.
  • Jake Gyllenhaal described the difficulty of acting in a Marvel film after Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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The Best One Yet - 🧳 “Cancel the Carry-on” – American Airlines’ new fee. Liquid Death’s tiny billboard. Nvidia’s Hermès handbag chips.

American Airlines increased their checked bag fee by 33%, but economics shows they should do the opposite — Airlines should kill overhead compartments… kill the carryon.

Liquid Death is selling the space on their boxes as an ad to Coinbase – It’s a “tiny billboard” and it’s the dumbest idea you can think of (and that’s the point).

Nvidia just announced that revenues nearly quadrupled last quarter — Because they price their chips like Hermès prices their handbags.

And Apple debunked the “rice will save my phone” theory — So we dug into the origin of the rice myth, and explain what to actually do if your phone gets wet.


$NVDA $AAL $COIN


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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - The Basketball Phenom Shaking Up the NCAA

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark has scored more points than any other NCAA women’s basketball player in history, but her impact extends even further than her substantial range on the court.


Guest: Hayley McGoldrick, associate editor at Sportsnet.


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NPR's Book of the Day - ‘Thank You Please Come Again’ pays homage to Southern gas station food shops

Photojournalist Kate Medley took a road trip across 11 states in the South, documenting the culture of convenience stores and gas stations that serve hot, delicious food. Her new book, Thank You Please Come Again, captures how these establishments serve as important community meeting points across class, ethnic and racial divides. In today's episode, Medley speaks to NPR's Debbie Elliott about how communities of color are playing an important role in this Southern tradition, and how it's manifesting in dishes like cajun banh mis and jollof rice.

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It Could Happen Here - Melting Charlottesville’s Robert E Lee Statue

Molly Conger sits down with Dr. Jalane Schmidt of the swords into plowshares project to talk about the past, present, and future of the infamous statue that inspired a nazi rally

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CBS News Roundup - 02/21/2024 | World News Roundup Late Edition

Fallout on court ruling on IVF procedures. Biden administration on student loan forgiveness plan. Possible sanctions for Russia. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.

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Pod Save America - Debating Biden’s Gaza Problem (with Mehdi Hasan)

Tommy and guest host Mehdi Hasan break down the Biden administration's record on Gaza, what should happen next, and how the ongoing violence could hurt Biden in Michigan and beyond. Plus, the latest on House Republicans' impeachment trainwreck, Donald Trump co-opting Alexei Navalny's legacy, and Tucker Carlson's softball interview with Vladimir Putin.

 

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